Artist: Gina Beavers Exhibition title: Popography Venue: Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US Date: November 21, 2015 – January 9, 2016 Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Michael Benevento, Los Angeles Michael Benevento is pleased to present Popography, a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Gina Beavers. In her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles the artist will fill the gallery space with a collection of works from her ongoing investigations into makeup tutorial didactic imagery. Very aware of the thin line between “high” and “low” aesthetic forms, Beavers consistently indexes Pop Art’s use of graphic and advertising-based iconic imagery. However, Beavers rejects the flat, slick and mechanical aspects of […]

The second edition of Mexico City’s Material Art Fair presented a selective group of 40 galleries and artist-run project spaces — from 10 countries and over 20 cities — chosen by the fair’s 2015 selection committee, which was comprised of John Riepenhoff, artist and co-owner of Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Beatriz López, Co-Director of Instituto de Visión, Bogota; Chris Sharp, curator and co-founder of Lulu, Mexico City; and Gerardo Contreras, curator and director of Preteen Gallery.

The fair’s 2015 public program featured an engaging series of daily conversations organized by the New York City-based online publication, Triple Canopy, under the title “How Far is Near.” These included, “In Search of a Model for Life” with Felipe Ehrenberg, Waysatta Fernández, Juan Caloca, and Sofia Olascoaga; “Universal Methods of Design” with Maru Calva, José León Cerrillo, and Prem Krishnamurthy; and “How to Demand the Impossible” with John Gibler, Gabriela Jauregui, and Isaac Torres.

Anna Gritz, associate curator at South London Gallery, curated the fair’s video program, “Sand in the Vaseline,” which featured three individual programs for artists Adriana Lara, Sophia Al-Maria, and Stuart Middleton.

Mexico City-based Distrito Editorial created the fair’s bookstore, presenting an impeccable selection of artist books, books about art, and small, limited-edition works mostly by Mexican artists.

Finally, beneath the stage at the Auditorio Blackberry was the Material Exhibitors Club: an ambitious group exhibition, performance space, and pop-up mezcal bar organized by the Lower East Side art bar, Beverly’s, with complimentary mezcal provided by Gracias a Dios.